ASSISTANCE LEAGUE’S ALL-STARS TO PLAY HARLEM AMBASSADORS

ESCONDIDO 
Community members are slated to take on the Harlem Ambassadors in a comedy basketball game May 7 as part of the ambassadors’ nationwide tour.

The game consists of Harlem-style basketball with high-flying slam dunks, ball-handling tricks, comedy routines, music, dancing and games. Kids can sit on the bench and get a front-row seat at the show coached by Lade Majic.

The Assistance League’s All-Star team is composed primarily of community leaders who work with young people in the community, said Maryanna Warner of the Assistance League.

Several teachers, some school administrators, police and fire department staff, as well as members of the military volunteered to play on the team. Twenty All-Stars are set to play against an expected six Harlem Ambassadors.

“We chose the Ambassadors because their mission statement says that they seek to promote values that encourage youth to stay in school and stay off drugs and that foster racial harmony,” Warner said.

The Harlem Ambassadors have performed more than 2,400 professional comedy basketball games as fundraising and community entertainment events for nonprofits, the U.S. military and community service groups since 1998. The events have helped raise more than $9 million for communities in 50 states and 20 countries.

The show starts at 7 p.m. at Calvin Christian School, 2000 N. Broadway.

Admission costs $10; $8 for children. Tickets are available at Assistance League of Inland North County, 2068 E. Valley Parkway, or online at
assistanceleague.info; click “events.” For more information, call (760) 746-7532.